Re Bond Worth Ltd [1980] Ch 228, Slade J at 247
‘ … it is of the essence of a bailment that the general property in the goods concerned remains in the bailor, while only a special property passes to the bailee, which entitles him to exercise certain possessory remedies.’
Cf. sale of goods where general property passes: see definition of ‘property’ in Sale of Goods Act 1979, s 61
Bailee, therefore, has a possessory title to goods and can sue in tort